Lead Belly — You Cant Lose Me Cholly

[Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 1] Up to Willie Winston's I went a-roading Down on my knees, I was doing little courting Every time she turned around, she said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 2] I went a-rowin' and my gal went, too Down on the river when the boat broke through Every time she turned around, she said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 3] Hog and sheep, they went to the pasture Hog said to sheep, "you'd better go a little faster" Every time he turned around, he said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 4] Me and my brother went down the road Trying to get some money to buy a gourd We got to have a gourd to drink water out of [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 6] Up to Willie Winston's I went a-roading Down on my knees, I was doing little courting Every time she turned around, she said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 7] I went a-rowin' and my gal went, too Down on the river when the boat broke through Every time she turned around and said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy [Verse 8] Hog and sheep, they went to the pasture Hog said to sheep, "you'd better go a little faster" Every time he turned around, he said it so funny [Chorus] You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy You can't lose-a me, Charlie You can't lose-a me, boy